RFR: 8324950: IGV: save the state to a file [v35]

[Christian Hagedorn]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:50:09 GMT, Tobias Holenstein <tholenstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The current workflow in IGV is the following:
>> 1) import an XML file with graphs or send via network
>> 2) open or more graphs in a tab
>> 3) extract a set of nodes to be displayed in the tab
>> 4) close IGV and start from 1) again
>> 
>> The idea of this RFE is to save the opened graph tabs and extracted nodes of a graph in the `graph.xml` file.
>> ### The new workflow
>>  
>> When opening IGV the user gets an empty workspace without any opened files. 
>> - Graphs can be sent via the network to IGV
>> - Graph can be opened from an XML file
>> <img width="218" alt="empty" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/71546117/627a2dca-db65-4860-8377-de03696f1678">
>> 
>> Unzipping this [example_graph.zip](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/files/14946834/example_graph.zip) and opening `graphs.xml` shows the following graph. New with this RFE is that opened graph tabs and extracted nodes are saved to the  `graph.xml` file and restored when re-opening the `graphs.xml`:
>> 
>> <img width="728" alt="graph" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/71546117/e1801537-c3b2-4adf-aa18-d247ae54a228">
>> 
>> A new `<graphStates>` is introduced in `graphs.xml` that stores the opened graphs and their visible nodes: 
>> 
>> <graphDocument> 
>>     <group> 
>>         <graph> 
>>             <properties>...</properties>
>>             <nodes>...</nodes>
>>             <edges>...</edges>
>>             <controlFlow>...</controlFlow>
>>             <graphStates> 
>>                 <state> 
>>                     <difference value="0"/> 
>>                     <visibleNodes all="false">
>>                         <node id="0"/>
>>                         <node id="1"/>
>>                         <node id="3"/>
>>                     </visibleNodes >
>>                 </state>
>>             </graphStates>
>>         </graph>
>>     </group>
>> </graphDocument>
>> 
>> 
>> The workspace menu is restructured:
>> 
>> <img width="118" alt="open" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/71546117/baa871b7-6b73-42c9-8982-7a1601714e69">
>> 
>> - `Open` allows the user to open an XML file. In IGV there is either no XML opened indicated as `untitled` or exactly one xml file opened. It's not possible to have two XML files opened at the same time: 
>> - `Import`:  Allows the user to import graphs from another XML file to the current opened XML file.
>> 
>> <img width="101" alt="save" src="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/assets/71546117/46a9e945-7f5c-4777-a66d-2fc8a95705c3">
>> 
>> - `Save..` saves the current opened xml file. Create a ...
>
> Tobias Holenstein has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'JDK-8324950' of github.com:tobiasholenstein/jdk into JDK-8324950
>  - remove null check

Looks good, thanks for the update!

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Marked as reviewed by chagedorn (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17630#pullrequestreview-2008798528